QUITO, Ecuador — Conservationists working around the largest volcano on the Galapagos Islands say they have found 30 giant tortoises partially descended from two extinct species, including that of the ...

Previously, only one other tortoise, a large male loner, had been found there in 1906 by explorer Rollo Beck. Scientists had thought this animal was the last of the "fantastic giant tortoise," or ...

ESPAÑOLA ISLAND, Galapagos — Island life is treating 15 recently released giant tortoises well as they settle back into their home island after decades in a captive breeding program. The tortoises, 12 ...

QUITO (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered that a type of giant tortoise present on one of Ecuador's Galapagos Islands is not from the species it was previously thought to be, Galapagos National ...